June 1
BORN ON – June 1
2003 – Emjay Anthony starred in Krampus (2015) and Incarnate (2016).
1977 – Danielle Harris, who starred in “Halloween 4 & 5,” appeared as “Annie Brackett” in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween 1 & 2″ and starred in “Urban Legend,” Inoperable (2017), Victor Crowley (2017), Havenhurst (2016), Ghost of Goodnight Lane (2014), Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet (2009) and many more.
1977 – Sarah Wayne Callies, starred as “Lori Grimes” in “The Walking Dead (TV Series).” She also has appeared in “Whisper.”
1956 – Lisa Hartman, starred in Deadly Blessing (1981); Not of This World (1991 TV Movie)
1947 – Jonathan Pryce, who played in “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and also appeared in “Stigmata” and “Haunted Honeymoon.”
1946 – Brian Cox, who was the first to play “Hannibal Lector” on the big screen in “Manhunter,” and also appeared in “The Ring,” and “Trick r Treat.”
1937 – Morgan Freeman, who co-starred in “Dreamcatcher” and “Seven.”
1930 – Edward Woodward who starred in the films “The Wicker Man (1973)” and “The Bloodsuckers,”
1920 –Robert Clarke film appearances include “The Astounding She Monster,” “The Man From Planet X” and “The Body Snatcher”
DIED ON – June 1
1998 – Darwin Joston, he appeared in John Carpenter’s “Assault on Precinct 13″, “The Fog”, and “Rattlers”, “Eraserhead”, “Time Walker.”
1991 – Milton Subotsky who produced the films “Horror Hotel,” “Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors” and “Tales From the Crypt”
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 1
Jungle Woman (1944)
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
Orgy of the Dead (1965)
Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
The Alien Dead (1980)
Frankenhooker (1990)
Satan’s Schoolgirls (2004)
Old Habits Die Hard (2009)
Killer Hoo-Ha! (2010)
The Gainsville Ripper (2010)
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June 2
BORN ON – June 2
1978 – Dominic Cooper, currently stars in “Preacher (TV Series)”, “Dracula Untold”, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”, “From Hell” and more.
1978 – Justin Long, who starred in “Jeepers Creepers,” “After.Life” and “Drag Me To Hell.”
1961 – Liam Cunningham, appears in “Let Us Prey”, “Blood: The Last Vampire”, and “Dog Soldiers.”
1945 – Jon Peters, production credits include the films “An American Werewolf In London,” and “The Witches of Eastwick.”
1941 – Susan Hart who appeared in the films “The Slime People.”
1936 – The original “Hot Lips” Hoolihan, Sally Kellerman. She co-starred in the films “Hands of a Stranger” and “The Boston Strangler,” as well as episodes of the TV series’ “Star Trek” and “The Outer Limits.”
1926 – Milo O’Shea appeared in “Theatre of Blood.”
1918 – Henry G. Saperstein executive producer on the American versions of Toho films “Frankenstein Conquers the World,” “Monster Zero” and “War of the Gargantuas.”
1740 – Famous torturer and novelist Marquis de Sade.
DIED ON – June 2
2012 – Richard Dawson, best known for portraying “Newkirk” on “Hogan’s Heroes (TV Series)” and hosting the game show “Family Feud.” He also appeared in “The Running Man”, “Munster, Go Home!” and “The Outer Limits (TV Series).”
2008 – Mel Ferrer, who appeared in the films “Blood & Roses,” “City of the Walking Dead” and “The Hands of Orlac.”
2002 – Herman Cohen, produced “I Was a Teenage Werewolf,” “Blood of Dracula” and “How to Make a Monster.”
1979 – Jim Hutton, appeared in “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and “The Psychic Killer.”
1969 – Leo Gorcey appeared in “Spooks Run Wild” and “Ghosts on the Loose”.
1956 – Jean Hersholt appeared in the films “The Cat Creeps,” “Mark of the Vampire” and “The Mask of Fu Manchu”.
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 2
Spook Chasers (1957)
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
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June 3
BORN ON – June 3
1989 – Imogen Poots, appeared in “Fright Night” remake, “28 Weeks Later” and “Green Room.”
1980 – Billy Slaughter appeared in “Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat.”
1964 – James Purefoy, appears in “The Following”, “Solomon Kane”, “Frankenstein (TV Movie)”, “Resident Evil.”
1958 – Scott Valentine who appeared in the films “My Demon Lover,” “Deadtime Stories” and in the TV series “The Black Scorpion.”
1950 – Robert Z’Dar, starred in “Maniac Cop,” “Hellhole,” “Soultaker” and “The Rockville Slayer.”
1925 – Tony Curtis starred in “The Manitou,” “The Boston Strangler” and “Chamber of Horrors.”
1924 – Coleen Dewhurst who appeared in “The Dead Zone,” “When a Stranger Calls” and provided the voice of Satan in the film “Exorcist III.”
1901 – Maurice Evans appeared in “Terror of the Wax Museum,” “Rosemary’s Baby”.
DIED ON – June 3
2011 – James Arness, appeared as the creature in “The Thing from Another World” and “Them!”
2009 – David Carradine in the films “Deathrace 2000” (playing “Frankenstein”), “Q,” and “Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat” (playing “Dracula”).
2004 – Harold Goodwin, who appeared in many Hammer films including “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb,” “Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed” and “Phantom of the Opera” (1962).
1992 – William M. Gaines who created the EC line of horror comics, including “Tales From the Crypt”.
1992 – Robert Morley, appeared in the 1963 version of “The Old Dark House,” “A Study in Terror” and “Theater of Blood”.
1991 – Andy Milligan who directed such classics as “The Rats Are Coming, the Werewolves Are Here,” “The Ghastly Ones” and “The Bloodthirsty Butchers,” passed away at the age of 61.
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 3
Nosferatu (1922)
Dr. Frankenstein On Campus (1970)
Psycho II (1983)
American Gothic (1988) – NYC
The Evilmaker (2000)
Alucard (2008)
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June 4
BORN ON – June 4
1984 – Jillian Murray, appeared in “Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero”, “Visible Scars”, “The Graves”, “Forget Me Not”, “The Fun Park” and more.
1975 – Angelina Jolie who appeared in The Bone Collector.”
1956 – Keith David, who starred in “They Live,” “Pitch Black,” and the 1982 version of “The Thing.”
1964 – Jon Pertwee’s son Sean Pertwee, who appeared in the films “Event Horizon”, “Tale of the Mummy” and “Dog Soldiers.”
1952 – Parker Stevenson who starred in the “Hardy Boy Mysteries” as “Frank Hardy,” as well as the 1995 version of “Not of This Earth” and the TV movie “This House Possessed.”
1936 – Bruce Dern, films include “Silent Running,” “The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant” and the 1999 remake of “The Haunting,” among others.
1929 – John Drew Barrymore, films included “War of the Zombies” and “The Clones.”
1924 – Dennis Weaver who starred in, “Duel.”
DIED ON – June 4
2006 – Matt Lattimore, who co-starred in “Sasquatch Hunters” and “Creature of Darkness.”
1998 – Josephine Hutchinson in “The Son of Frankenstein”.
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 4
The Unknown (1927)
The Hands of Orlac (1928)
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Slaughter Of The Vampires – aka “Curse of the Blood Ghouls” (1969) – Boston, MA
Poltergeist (1982)
Song of the Vampire (2001)
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) – USA (limited)
Red Scream Nosferatu (2009)
Splice (2009)
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June 5
BORN ON – June 5
1986 – Amanda Crew, appeared in “The Haunting in Connecticut” and “Final Destination 3″.
1971 – Mark Wahlberg, who starred in “The Happening”.
1960 – The late James Isaac, director of such films “Pig Hunt”, “Skinwalkers”, “Jason X”, and “The Horror Show.”
1950 – Daniel von Bargen, appeared in “The Faculty”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “Thinner”, “Lord of Illusions”, “The Silence of the Lambs” and more.
1932 – Russell Streiner who produced “Night of the Living Dead (1968)” and wrote the story for “Return of the Living Dead.”
1905 – John Abbott who appeared in “The Vampire’s Ghost” and “Cry of the Werewolf.”
1865 – Charles Ogle who appeared in “Frankenstein monster” on the screen in Edison’s 1910 film version.
DIED ON – June 5
2015 – Richard Johnson, appeared in “The Raven (TV Movie)”, “Tales from the Crypt (TV Series)”, “The Crucifer of Blood”, “What Waits Below”, “Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)”, “The Monster Club”, “Zombie”, “Screamers”, “The Haunting” and many more.
2012 – Author Ray Bradbury, many of his novels filmed such as “The Halloween Tree”, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, “The Martian Chronicles”, “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”, “It Came from Outer Space”, and so many more.
2003 – Tom Laswell, who appeared in “Don’t Answer the Phone”.
2002 – Dee Dee Ramone, their music was used in many films including Pet Sematary (1989), “Pet Sematary 2″ and “House of 1000 Corpses.”
1998 – Jeanette Nolan, appeared in “The Manitou”, “Night Gallery (TV Series)”, “Chamber of Horrors”, “Thriller (TV Series)”, “Psycho (1960)”, and many more.
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 5
Gog (1954) – Hollywood
Corridors of Blood (1963) – NYC
Werewolf In A Girl’s Dormitory (1963)
Final Exam (1981)
Split Second (1992) – UK
Man With the Screaming Brain (2005) – Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors
Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007)
The Commune (2009)
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June 6
BORN ON – June 6
1979 – Diana Prince, appeared in “Porn Shoot Massacre”, “The Mangled”, “Bunnyman 3” and “Frankenstein Created Bikers.”
1963 – Anthony Starke, who appeared in “Return of the Killer Tomatoes!” and “Repossessed.”
1963 – Jason Isaacs, starred in “Rosemary’s Baby (TV Mini-Series)”, “Resident Evil”, “Event Horizon.”
1959 – Amanda Pays who appeared in the film “Leviathan”.
1947 – The one and only original “Freddy Krueger” himself, Robert Englund, way too many films to list.
1918 – Richard Crane who appeared in “The Alligator People,” “The Devil’s Partner” and “The Neanderthal Man.”
DIED ON – June 6
2005 – Anne Bancroft appeared in “Dracula: Dead And Loving It”, and the film “Gorilla At Large”.
2005 – Dana Elcar, appeared in “Fail Safe,” and played “Sheriff Patterson” on the original “Dark Shadows”.
1994 – Barry Sullivan who appeared in the TV pilot of “Night Gallery” and the film “Planet of the Vampires”.
1975 – George Worthing Yates wrote screenplays for “Them,” “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” and “The Amazing Colossal Man”.
1940 – E.E. Clive, appeared in “The Invisible Man (1933)” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and “Dracula’s Daughter”.
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 6
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
Night Tide (1961) – NYC
Invaders From Mars (1986)
Vampire Chicks With Chainsaws (2006)
The Omen (2006)
Zombeak (2006)
Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2006)
The Dead Walk (2008)
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June 7
BORN ON – June 7
1964 – Judie Aronson, has appeared in “Hannibal”, “The Sleeping Car”, “After Midnight” and “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.”
1955 – William Forsythe who appeared in Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” and “The Devil’s Rejects.”
1948 – Pamela Susan Shoop, her role in “Halloween II,” “Empire of the Ants”, “Night Gallery (TV Series).”
1933 – Gary Kent who appeared in “The Thrill Killers,” “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” and “Targets.”
1909 – Jessica Tandy in “The Birds.”
DIED ON – June 7
2015 – Christopher Lee, one of the last gentleman of horror; appeared in countless films.
2004 – Quorthon, Lead singer of Bathory considered as one of the pioneering figures of extreme metal genres, particularly black metal with the first Bathory album.
2003 – Trevor Goddard, appeared “Hollywood Vampyr”, “The X-Files (TV Series)”, “Deep Rising” and more.
1966 – Dan Duryea, starred in episodes of “The Twilight Zone” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”.
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 7
Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972) – Canada
Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
Hatchetman (2003)
Blood Relic (2005)
Hellraiser: Deader (2005)
The Purge (2013)
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June 8
BORN ON – June 8
1984 – Torrey DeVitto, appeared in “The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)”, “The Rite”, “Killer Movie”, “I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer”, and more.
1981 – Alex Band, appeared in the films “Doctor Mordrid” and “Puppet Master II.”
1977 – Nate Dushku, appeared in “The Zodiac,” “The Alphabet Killer” and “Blood Night.”
1973 – Lexa Doig who starred in “Jason X.”
1966 – Juliana Margulies starred in “Ghost Ship” (2002) and “Snakes on a Plane.”
1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, who wrote, appeared in and produced “Scary Movie 1 & 2.”
1955 – Griffin Dunne who appeared in the films “An American Werewolf In London”.
1945 – Jack Sholder, director and writer of “Alone in the Dark”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge”, “The Hidden”, “The Omen (TV Movie)” “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies”, “Arachnid”, “12 Days of Terror” and more.
1939 – Bernie Casey who played in “Dr. Black & Mr. Hyde” and appeared in Gargoyles (1972) playing the leader of the Gargoyles.
1931 – Dana Wynter who appeared in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and “The Questor Tapes.”
1923 – Myron Healey who starred in “The Unearthly,” “Varan the Unbelievable” and “The Incredible Melting Man.”
1910 – John W. Campbell who wrote the novel “Who Goes There?” on which the “The Thing From Another World (1951)” and The Thing (1982).
1893 – Ernest B. Schoedsack who produced and directed “King Kong” and “Son of Kong” and directed the films “Mighty Joe Young” and “Dr. Cyclops.”
DIED ON – June 8
2012 – Frank Cady, appeared in “Monster Squad (TV Series)”, “7 Faces of Dr. Lao”, “The Bad Seed”, “When Worlds Collide” and many more.
2006 – Robert Donner, appeared in “The Horror at 37,000 Feet.”
FILMS RELEASED ON – June 8
Eegah (1962) – Atlanta, GA
Ghostbusters (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
May (2002) – Florida & Seattle Film Festivals
Countess Dracula’s Orgy of Blood (2004)
Fangoria: Blood Drive (2004)
Tomb of the Werewolf (2004)
Hostel: Part 2 (2007)
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